Topic Talk: Event, Issue, or Other Topic of Interest
Topic Choice: The history of Golf
List five facts that you already know about this topic:
1. Many leagues and tournaments
2. Played worldwide
3. Created in Scotland
4. Most land consuming sport in the world
5. Strict scoring of the game
Answer these questions about this topic:
1. How did it/will it impact the world?
-It affected the world by it being played all around the world whether its for money or just as a hobby. It can be played at all ages
2. Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it?
- There will always in an interest in golf because it is such a pastime all around the world and people really enjoy playing the game. It can be very relaxing
3. Why are you interested in researching this topic?
- I am interested in researching this topic because I love playing the game of golf and would really like to learn more about how it came about and just more history in general.
4. How do you personally connect with this topic?
- I am very interested in learning more about its history and how it came about.
Resources
What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other?
-I could use the internet, and I know there are a whole lot of books about it.
Topic Choice: Steroids in Baseball
List five facts that you already know about this topic:
1. Many players used steroids in baseball
2. Tested positive for the drug
3. Impacted many players
4. Charged and prosecuted for the offense
5. A lot of publicity for the ones who did it
Answer these questions about this topic:
1. How did it/will it impact the world?
- It impacted the game of baseball by giving it negative publicity and also hurt many of the players involved.
2. Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it?
- Baseball is one of America’s pastime as far as sports go, and has been along for a very long time. People love the game and nothing will change that
3. Why are you interested in researching this topic?
- I am interested in researching this topic because I always have been into baseball my whole life. I have a great passion for the game of baseball and sports in general. The steroid era was a huge happening in the sport and would like to know more about what happened with everyone involved.
4. How do you personally connect with this topic?
- I play and have played the sport and I want to know more about what happened.
Resources
What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other?
- The internet would be a great help along with books that some players actually have wrote about this event in the sports history.
Once you have completed worksheets for TWO topics, please answer these two questions; be prepared to discuss your answers in class: 1. Of your two topic choices, which one do you think you will find the most information about? Please explain.
- I could find a lot of information about both topics. Steroids in baseball affected many people and has a lot of information about everyone that was involved. But the game of Golf has a huge and very long history on that so there would also be a lot with that topic.
2. Of your two topic choices, which one do you really like the best? Please explain.
- I have a deep passion about both topics but I think in the end I will go with Steroids in Baseball because in the end it has more personal aspects from it and there is also so much to talk about from the years it was happening.
Topic Choice: The history of Golf
List five facts that you already know about this topic:
1. Many leagues and tournaments
2. Played worldwide
3. Created in Scotland
4. Most land consuming sport in the world
5. Strict scoring of the game
Answer these questions about this topic:
- 1. How did it/will it impact the world?
-It affected the world by it being played all around the world whether its for money or just as a hobby. It can be played at all ages- 2. Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it?
- There will always in an interest in golf because it is such a pastime all around the world and people really enjoy playing the game. It can be very relaxing- 3. Why are you interested in researching this topic?
- I am interested in researching this topic because I love playing the game of golf and would really like to learn more about how it came about and just more history in general.- 4. How do you personally connect with this topic?
- I am very interested in learning more about its history and how it came about.Resources
What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other?
-I could use the internet, and I know there are a whole lot of books about it.
Topic Choice: Steroids in Baseball
List five facts that you already know about this topic:
1. Many players used steroids in baseball
2. Tested positive for the drug
3. Impacted many players
4. Charged and prosecuted for the offense
5. A lot of publicity for the ones who did it
Answer these questions about this topic:
- 1. How did it/will it impact the world?
- It impacted the game of baseball by giving it negative publicity and also hurt many of the players involved.- 2. Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it?
- Baseball is one of America’s pastime as far as sports go, and has been along for a very long time. People love the game and nothing will change that- 3. Why are you interested in researching this topic?
- I am interested in researching this topic because I always have been into baseball my whole life. I have a great passion for the game of baseball and sports in general. The steroid era was a huge happening in the sport and would like to know more about what happened with everyone involved.- 4. How do you personally connect with this topic?
- I play and have played the sport and I want to know more about what happened.Resources
What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other?
- The internet would be a great help along with books that some players actually have wrote about this event in the sports history.
Once you have completed worksheets for TWO topics, please answer these two questions; be prepared to discuss your answers in class:
1. Of your two topic choices, which one do you think you will find the most information about? Please explain.
- I could find a lot of information about both topics. Steroids in baseball affected many people and has a lot of information about everyone that was involved. But the game of Golf has a huge and very long history on that so there would also be a lot with that topic.
2. Of your two topic choices, which one do you really like the best? Please explain.
- I have a deep passion about both topics but I think in the end I will go with Steroids in Baseball because in the end it has more personal aspects from it and there is also so much to talk about from the years it was happening.